Crime Prevention and Community Safety

Crime Prevention and Community Safety provides an essential introduction to the complex issues and debates in the field of crime control and the new politics of safety and security across the globe. The contributions to this volume collectively present a critique of current policy and open up the field of study to new directions. While engaging with the dominant focus on 'what works' in crime reduction and community safety, the book also moves beyond the traditionally narrow, technical boundaries of much previous debate. Crime Prevention and Community Safety looks at: * the relationship between crime control, communities and the nation state * the diverse and changing sites of conflict compromise and collusion around crime control policies * wider issues relating to 'risk', 'safety' and 'security' This is a course Reader for The Open University course D863 Community Safety, Crime Prevention and Social Control

Contents:

PART ONE: CONCEPTUAL ISSUES / Nick Tilley Crime Prevention in Britain, 1975-2010: Breaking out, Breaking in and Breaking down / Tim Hope The Road Taken: Evaluation, Replication and Crime Reduction / Sandra Walklate Gendering Crime Prevention: Exploring the Tensions between Policy and Process / Eugene McLaughlin The Crisis of the Social and the Political Materialization of Community Safety / PART TWO: POLICIES, PRACTICES AND POLITICS IN THE CONTEMPORARY UK / Tim Newburn Community Safety and Policing: Some Implications of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 / Gordon Hughes Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships: The Future of Community Safety? / John Muncie A New Deal for Youth?: Early Intervention and Correctionalism / Coretta Phillips From Voluntary to Statutory Status: Reflecting on the Experience of Three Partnerships Established under the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 / Kieran McEvoy, Brian Gormally and Harry Mika Conflict, Crime Control and the 'Re-'Construction of State-Community Relations in Northern Ireland / PART THREE: COMPARATIVE TRENDS AND FUTURES / Adam Crawford The Growth of Crime Prevention in France as Contrasted with the English Experience: Some Thoughts on the Politics of Insecurity / Trevor Bradley and Reece Walters The Managerialization of Crime Prevention and Community Safety: The New Zealand Experience / Rene van Swaaningen Towards a Replacement Discourse on Community Safety: Lessons from Holland / Pat O'Malley Drugs, Risks and Freedoms: Illicit Drug 'Use' and 'Misuse' under Neo-Liberal Governance / Davina Cooper Boundary Harms: From Community Protection to a Politics of Value - The Case of the Jewish Eruv / Gordon Hughes, Eugene McLaughlin and John Muncie Teetering on the Edge: The Futures of Crime Control and Community Safety